特集：社会性と感情
利己と利他のあわい─社会性を支える感情の仕組み─
キーワード:
human sociality,
reciprocity,
tit-for-tat strategy,
altruistic punishment,
social comparison,
shame
2016 年 2 巻 1 号 p. 25-30
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2016 年 2 巻 1 号 p. 25-30
Recently there have been accumulating evidences on the mechanism of some emotions supporting human sociality. In this essay, firstly, I point out that humankind’s ultimate strength is the higher and sophisticated sociality. And then, on the basis of recent trends of socio-emotional psychology and behavioral economics, I discuss the function of some emotions as estimator and/or coordinator of the balance of interests and welfares between self and others. Additionally, I mention the nature of shame, sensitizing us to others’ social “eyes” and orienting us towards moral conducts.
